More than 100 on street electric vehicles charge points will be installed across Plymouth over the next eight weeks.
On Monday, work started on six units in Coleridge Road in Lipson and will continue across a further 20 streets by the end of March.
Once work is complete, it will allow the nearly 40% of Plymouth households who do not have access to off-street parking to access charging infrastructure.
The streets included in the scheme are:
| Street | Number of chargers |
|---|---|
| Bath Street, PL1 | 4 |
| Camarthen Road, PL4 | 4 |
| Coleridge Road, PL4 | 6 |
| Fore Street, PL1 | 6 |
| Glen Park, PL4 | 6 |
| Granby Way, PL1 | 6 |
| Grand Parade, PL1 | 6 |
| Hornchurch Road, PL5 | 6 |
| Hospital Road, PL4 | 6 |
| May Terrace, PL4 | 6 |
| Northill Car Park, PL4 | 6 |
| Northumberland Terrace, PL1 | 6 |
| Parkside, PL2 | 6 |
| Ringmore Way, PL5 | 6 |
| Rydal Close, PL6 | 4 |
| St Johns Road, PL9 | 8 |
| Stuart Road, PL1 | 8 |
| Theatre Ope, PL1 | 6 |
| West Park, PL5 | 6 |
| Wilton Road, PL1 | 4 |
It is important to note that there will be no loss of ordinary parking because of the chargers. The parking bays in front of them will remain available to all vehicles.
Councillor Jonathan Drean, Cabinet member for Transport, said: "This scheme is all about making sure that we are prepared for the future and that we can reach our ambitious target of carbon neutrality before 2030.
"We know not everyone has an electric car and we know that they may not immediately be financially viable for a lot of people at the moment but one day they will be and when they are, this infrastructure will need to be in place, ready to go."
Installation of the EV chargers form part of the Climate Emergency Action Plan, which explores the role that the Council can play in influencing residents behaviours.
Nearly 30 per cent of Plymouth’s carbon emissions come from transport and the electrification of vehicles has been identified as a key means to tackling this problem.
In a recent survey 85 per cent of residents felt that the Council needed to provide more charging points.
The charge points are funded through the Office for Low Emissions Vehicles' on-street electric vehicle charging grant.